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LINDSAY, MATTHEW W., lawyer, attorney general, was born in Tennessee, and died in Aberdeen, Miss. He came from Tennessee to Alabama and settled in Morgan County, and represented that county in the State legislature in 1835, 1836 and 1838. In 1839 he was elected attorney general of the state. He moved to Tuscaloosa in 1840, and identified himself with the Whig party, taking an active part in the campaign for Gen Harrison, by addressing Tippecanoe Clubs and other assemblages. Sometime afterwards he moved to Aberdeen, Miss. Married: to Miss Perkins, daughter of Constantine Perkins (q. v.), at one time attorney general of the state, whose gallant behavior at the battle of Emuckfaw, under the command of Gen. Andrew Jackson, in loading the cannon with his musket as a ramrod, and firing it upon the Indians just in time to drive them back, is a matter of history. Last residence: Aberdeen, Miss.
Source: History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, By Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen, Published by The S. J. Clarke publishing company, 1921; Submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer
LILE, WILLIAM MINOR, educator, was born March 28, 1859, at Trinity, Morgan County; son of John Allison and Louisa E. (Minor) Lile. He received the degree of LL. B. from the University of Virginia, in 1882, and the honorary degree of LL. D., from William and Mary college, in 1901. He was admitted to the Virginia bar in 1882; began the practice at Lynchburg; was a member of the firm of Kirkpatrick and Blackford, 1885-89; in partnership with R. G. H. Kean, 1891-93; since September 15, 1893, he has been professor of law, and since 1896, dean of the law school, University of Virginia. He is a member of the American and Virginia bar associations; member of Phi Beta Kappa and Kappa Sigma college fraternities; honorary member Phi Delta Phi college fraternity; director, Bologna society; member board of governors, Woodberry Forest school for boys, Orange, Va. He was founder, 1895, associate editor, 1895-97, editor, 1897-1901, editor-in-chief, 1901-02, Virginia Law Review. Author: "Elementary work on equity procedure for students," 1916; and monographs on various law topics. Married: January 25, 1888, to Maud Lee Carson, of Lynchburg, Va. Residence: University, Va.
Source: History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, By Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen, Published by The S. J. Clarke publishing company, 1921; Submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer
LIVINGSTON, SAMUEL, soldier of the American Revolution, aged 76, and a resident of Morgan County; private N. C. Militia; enrolled on July 2, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $ 21.67; sums received to date of publication of list, $61.01.— Revolutionary Pension Roll, in vol. XIV, Sen. doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.
Source: History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, By Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen, Published by The S. J. Clarke publishing company, 1921; Submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer
LOVELADY, ROBERT FRANKLIN, druggist, was born August 24, 1865, at Danville, Morgan County; son of Clark C. and Martha Jane (Sherrell) Lovelady, of Danville; grandson of William H. and Eliza (Malone) Lovelady, the former a Revolutionary soldier, who came from England, and settled in Danville, and of Wiley B. Sherrell, of Danville. He attended the common schools of Danville; studied pharmacy at home; and passed the State board of pharmacy, May 17, 1887. He entered the drug business at Pratt City, 1888; served as president of the Amzi Godden company, 1899-1901; established the Harris, Lovelady furniture company in 1891; served as alderman of Pratt City, 1897- 1904; and represented Jefferson County in the State legislature, 1907. He is a Democrat; a Methodist, serving the church as steward for more than twenty years; and a Mason; Shriner; and Knight Templar. Married: October 20, 1887, at Verbena, to Henrietta E., daughter of Alonzo L. Haralson, of that city; granddaughter of Col. W. B. Haralson of Selma, and of Jack Chappell. Children: 1. Robert Grady; 2. William Earnest; 3. Mable Browning; 4. Miriam Elizabeth; 5. Henry Clyde. Residence: Pratt City.
Source: History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, By Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen, Published by The S. J. Clarke publishing company, 1921; Submitted by Barb ZiegenmeyerNESMITH, THOMAS B., attorney-at-law, at Vernon, Lamar County, Ala. is a native of this state, born in Morgan county, June 13, 1832. His parents were THOMAS and ELIZABETH (ROBERTS) NESMITH, natives, respectively of South Carolina and Tennessee; his paternal grandparents were ALEXANDER and ELIZABETH (MARTIN) NESMITH, and his maternal grandfather was ZACHEUS ROBERTS of Pennsylvania. His paternal great-grandfather, THOMAS NESMITH, was a hero of the American Revolution, and was one of the earliest settlers of Alabama. His father, THOMAS NESMITH, came to Morgan county, Ala. with his father, ALEXANDER NESMITH, in 1824 and here passed the remainder of his life. THOMAS B. NESMITH was educated at private schools in his native county, and taught school two years and at the age of twenty-three entered the academy at Somerville, studied there one year, then for seven years taught school, studying law in the meanwhile. He began the practice in 1866 at Pikeville, then the county seat of Marion County and for ten years, met with unvarying success and enhancing reputation; in 1876 he removed to Vernon, the county seat of Lamar county, where he has since resided in active and lucrative practice, holding rank with the ablest lawyers of the county. Mr. NESMITH has always been prominent as a member of the democratic party and has enjoyed its confidence to a marked degree. For nine years he was county solicitor of Marion, and during that period was county superintendent of public instruction; was a delegate to the state constitutional convention; was general county administrator for several terms, and was solicitor for the third judicial circuit for four years, 1876 - 80. He represented Lamar county in the state legislature in 1882-83, and in 1884-85. and has held several offices of less importance, in all cases serving with credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of his constituents. In addition to the performance of his legal duties and official functions, Mr. NESMITH also gives considerable attention to agriculture, having 200 acres of land in a fine state of cultivation. He owns 3,800 acres of which at least 800 acres are underlaid with first-class coal. Mr. NESMITH was united in marriage June 11, 1869 to Miss MINNIE C. MCLAIN, a native of Alabama, and daughter of ALLEN B. MCLAIN. He had the misfortune, however, to lose his amiable wife, June 7, 1882, when she died in the Methodist Episcopal faith, the mother of four children: ALLEN (deceased), CHRISTOPHER C. DAISY, and THOMAS B. Mr. NESMITH is likewise a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, south, and is a freemason and an Odd Fellow. His standing is high, professionally and socially and he is public spirited, liberal and philanthropic, contributing freely of his means to churches, schools, and other public institutions.
Source: From Memorial Record of Alabama. By Hannis Taylor, Brant & Fuller, Publishers, Madison, Wis. 1893.
Transcribed and submitted by Veneta McKinney
